Claria.Precision Time

Overview

Alias

Adware/Gator [Panda], PrecisionTime.exe,

Category

Adware: Software that displays popup/popunder ads when the primary user interface is not visible or which do not appear to be assocaited with the product.

Spyware: Any product that employs a user's Internet connection in the background without their knowledge, and gathers/transmits info on the user or their behavior. Many spyware products will collect referrer info (information from your web browser which reveals what URL you linked from), your IP address (a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer), system information (such as time of visit, type of browser used, the operating system and platform, and CPU speed.) Spyware products sometimes wrap other commercial products, and are introduced to machines when those commercial products are installed. See also Adware.

Reasons For Retention

Changes browser settings, for example the default search provider, home or error page(s) etc., without user permission at time of change. Silently connects to an unintended location to transmit personal information. Silently tracks input or personally identifiable information without user permission.

Origins

Group

Claria Corporation

Vendor

Claria Corporation

Others By This Group

Claria.Dashbar· Claria.Date Manager· Claria.ewallet· Claria.GotSmiley· Claria.Screenscenes· Claria.Weatherscope· Claria.WebSecureAlert·

Mailing Address

Claria Corporation555 BROADWAY ST.REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063

Phone:

Tel: 650-980-1500 Fax: 650-980-1599

Language

English (United States)

Date of Origin

October, 2002

Detection and Removal

Manual Removal

Click on the Microsoft^® Windows^® Start button, select Settings and then Control Panel.
When the Control Panel window opens, double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
When the Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens, locate the program that you would like to un-install from the list of installed programs.
Click once on the program to be uninstalled and then click on the Add/Remove button.

Stop Running Processes:

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:

Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:

Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:

Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

Remove Directories:

Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:

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